Policing in America has its roots in ___________ methods. This can be seen in such concepts as: county, sheriff, common law, and English "Bobby" foot patrol methods.

European

Northeastern States generally had the "___________ and ____________" system.

watch; ward

From 1900 through the 1940s, the advent of _________ ___________________ allowed calls for service to be dispatched officers in the field.

radio communications

___________ _________ brought professionalism to the police in an age where there was also the emergence of the present federal law enforcement system with the contributions of J. Edgar Hoover.

August Vollmer

What commission reported in 1931 "the greatest promise for the future of policing is the college or university" ?

The National Comission on Law Observance and Enforcement (Wichersham Comission)

From the 1950 through the 1970s, the development and use of numerous ________ ________ resulted in the removal of patrol officers from most follow-up activities.

specialized units

The patrol system became an ________-____________ _________ in which police officers often became little more than report takers in most communities. During this era, the police became controlled by the ________ _________.

incident-driven approach; radio system.

Who employed a militia group to protect the settleres from Indian and bandit raids? Additionally, this group later became known as what?

Stephan F. Austin; Texas Rangers.

Why was the watch/ward system of policing not adopted and/or evolve in Texas?

The watch/ward system did not evolve in Texas because of its large territory and absence of large cities/urban areas.

Reactive Response

Most of the workload of patrol officers and detectives consists of handling crimes that have already been committed, disturbances in progress, traffic violations, and such.

Incident driven

This relies on limited information, mostly from victims, witnesses, and suspects. Focus tends to be on one "Incident" which is resolved before moving to the next "Incident."

Resolving incidents involves the utilization of what processes?

The criminal justice system and all its subsequent elements, both sworn and civilian personnel.

Define "community policing" and explain this service model.

Community policing - a new philosophy of policing, based on the concepts that police officers and private citizens working together in creative ways can help solve contemporary community problems related to crime, fear of crime, social and physical disorder, and neighborhood decay.

CPO (community policing officer)

serves as a generalist: an officer whose mission includes developing imaginative, new ways to address the broad spectrum of community concerns embraced by the community policing philosophy.

Small Claims Court

Cases that involve money matters of $10,000.00 or less and no attorney is required. Both parties to action may represent themselves.

What are the Four Principals of Procedural Justice

1. Give people a Voice (listen) 2. Neutrality (be fair) 3. Respectful treatment (be respectful) 4. Trustworthiness comes from a Fair and transparent process (explain reason for the decision or action)

What are the values of providing quality police customer services?

Consider the job as a business venture in which a high degree of value is placed on quality customer service. The most desirable outcome of this concept is that the community is well served, and the angry becomes a highly professional, respected service-ortient organization.

What are the rewards of providing quality police customer service?

Pride within the agency, a community well served, and a strong and loyal support from the community.

What are characteristics of the police subculture?

1. curiosity and suspiciousness 2. solidarity 3. secrecy 4. political and social conservatism 5. cynicism (Hobbesian view of social work 6. social isolation 7. authoritarian approach to control, conformity 8. supportive

Community policing is based on a concept that allows officers and citizens to work together to address problems. What are the three main problems?

social and physical disorder, fear of crime, and neighborhood decay

Which element is associated with the traditional police service model?

Incident-driven

WOne element of the ethical role of a police officer is to conduct daily activities in an ____________ manner, striving to be ____________ by emotion, personal prejudice, or insufficient evidence.

objective; uninfluenced

Between the characterisitcs of Curiosity, Cynicism, and social isolation, which one is apart of the police subculture?

All of them

A new community policing officer (CPO) serves as a __________.

generalist

Prior to modern concepts of policing, northeastern States generally used the " _______________" system.

watch/ward

What are the three values relative to the police role in the U.S. Constitution and the Texas Bill of Rights?

recognize prejudice, provide equal protection of rights for all individuals, and maintain the dedication to protecting said rights to all peoples

The misuse of the term professionalism in law enforcement involves which statements?

A cool and aloof officer who shows no feeling, with a crisp uniform, shiny shoes, who is expert at fighting criminals.

SCENARIO: A person is upset with a former friend and wants to get back at him. The person calls the police and reports that a former friend stole his television from his residence. The person then hid his television as if it were gone. What offense has occurred?

false report to a peace officer

________ is the state or quality of mind or spirit that enables on to face danger with self-possession, confidence, and resolution; bravery; valor.

courage

SCENARIO: A person commits an offense if by means of coercion he influences or attempts to influence a public servant in a specific exercise of his official power or a specific performance of his official duty or influences or attempts to influence a public servant to violate the public servant’s known legal duty. This is known as

Coercion of public servant or voter

SCENARIO: According to the Penal Code, what offense is committed when a person threatens to harm another, by an unlawful act, on account of their service as a witness or public servant?

obstruction and retaliation

SCENARIO: public servant in an agency having custody of prisoners commits an offense if he solicits, accepts, or agrees to accept any benefit from a person the public servant knows to be in his custody or the custody of his agency. A person could be charged with

a gift to a public servant by a person subject to his jurisdiction

SCENARIO: A person commits an offense if he commits perjury as defined in Section 37.02, and the false statement is made during or in connection with an official proceeding and is material. A person could be charged with ____________.

aggravated perjury

SCENARIO: According to Sec. 36.06 of the Penal Code, a person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act on account of the victim’s testifying in court. The offense would be

obstruction or retaliation

SCENARIO: A person commits an offence if, with intent to deceive, he knowingly makes a false statement that is material to a criminal investigation and makes the statement to a peace officer or federal special investigator conducting the investigation or any employee of a law enforcement agency that is authorized by the agency to conduct the investigation and that the actor knows is conducting the investigation. A person could be charged with __________.

false report to a peace officer

SCENARIO: A person makes a material false statement under oath during an official proceeding. This person may be charged with

aggravated perjury

SCENARIO: ____________ occurs when a person intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act, because the victim is a public servant, witness, prospective witness, informant, or person who reports a crime.

retaliation

SCENARIO: A person is upset with a former friend and wants to get back at him. The person calls the police and reports that a former friend stole his television from his residence. The person then hid his television as if it were gone. What offense has occurred?

false report to a peace officer

SCENARIO: A public servant acting under color of his or her office or employment commits _________ if he or she intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he or she knows is unlawful; intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing that his or her conduct is unlawful; or intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment.

official oppression

SCENARIO: A person commits an offense if the person observes a human corpse under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that an offense had been committed, knows or reasonably should know that a law enforcement agency is not aware of the existence of or location of the corpse, and fails to report the existence of and location of the corpse to a law enforcement agency.

Tampering with or Fabricating Physical Evidence

Perjury consists of making.....

a false statement with intentent to deciece, under oath, with knowledge of the statement's meaning

____________ means anything reasonably regarded as pecuniary gain or pecuniary advantage, including benefit to any other person in whose welfare the beneficiary has a direct and substantial interest.

benefit

_________ means under arrest by a peace officer or under restraint by a public servant.

custody

Section 39.03, Official Oppression, of the Texas Penal Code governs the law that makes sexual harassment a class A misdemeanor offense. Which of the following agencies may be involved in a sexual harassment investigation involving public servants?

Sexual Harassment-EEOC definitions USCA 1983 - Violation of Civil Rights Texas Comission on Human Rights Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)

SCENARIO: Deputy Dollar lives in a neighborhood with a homeowners' association that is concerned about crime. Deputy Dollar goes to the HOA meetings. He assures them that for a small fee, he can utilize his patrol car to provide extra patrol in the neighborhood while on duty and keep all of the residents safe, even though his neighborhood is not in his patrol district. Deputy Dollar and the HOA agree on a reasonable payment schedule, and he begins extra patrol in his neighborhood. Deputy Dollar committed what offense?

Abuse of official capacity for receiving a benefit while using government property on duty

SCENARIO: A peace officer takes a speaker’s fee for speaking on behalf of his agency at a community group in his agency's jurisdiction. A person could be charged with ______________.

acceptance of honorarium

An occupation which one professes to be skilled in and follow is ____________.

profession

_______________ means a decree, judgment, order, subpoena, warrant, minutes, or other document issued by a court of this state, another state, the United States, a foreign country recognized by an act of congress or a treaty or other international convention to which the United States is a party, an Indian tribe recognized by the United States, or any other jurisdiction, territory, or protectorate entitled to full faith and credit in this state under the United States Constitution.

court record